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The Great Winter Escape
By Hayley Domin
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The Bucket List of Remote Places to Kayak

Here's your guide to the coolest places to kayak.

By Brandon Withrow
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You Don’t Need Couture Cash to Live It Up in Paris

Your chic, sophisticated, and smart visitor’s guide to the City of Light.

By Blake Snow
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The Coolest Places To Travel In 2026

23 places for your consideration.

By Cool Material
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The 7th Room Is a Swedish Treehouse You Can Rent

Treehotel, a resort in the woods of northern Sweden that's built into the trees themselves, recently unveiled 7th Room, an adult treehouse designed by architecture firm Snøhetta. Designed and built to almost seamlessly integrate into the surrounding forest, 7th Room includes two bedrooms, large panoramic views, skylights and enough space…

By Cooper Fleishman
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How to Travel Across the USA by Train for Just $213

In December 2011, adventure traveler / entrepreneur Derek Low spent four days traveling across the USA by train for just $213. The 3,397-mile journey took him across 11 states and through 4 time zones along with allowing him to see both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Low documented the entire…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Unique New Year’s Celebrations From Around the World

It’s official: We’re finally in the home stretch of 2016, and if we’re being honest with you, we can’t wait for it to be over. Shit got weird, and not in the good way, so we’re looking to send this year off as soon as possible. The question becomes, how?…

By Maxwell Barna
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6 Places to Spend Your Winter Solstice

People are somewhat out of touch with the solstices. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since it means we’ve developed simple, reliable calendars and have moved beyond needing to know the exact position of the sun in our everyday lives. But the importance of the solstice to our ancestors meant…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Aurora Bubble Sled

One ride in the heated sled that will tow you through the frozen wilderness of Finland behind a snowmobile is all you need to include the Aurora Bubble Sled in every year's holiday plans. Based out of Kilpisjarvi in Northern Finland (referred to as Lapland) next to the Norwegian border,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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